Osakidetza-Basque Health ServiceOsakidetza website

is the institution created in 1984 in charge of the public healthcare system in the

autonomous community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...

of the Basque Country, belonging to the National Health System, created in 1986 and that substituted INSALUD. The transfer of responsibilities to the

Basque government The Basque Government (, ; ) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the '' Lehendakari''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque Parliament every four years, after a re ...

in matters of healthcare was done during the administration of

Carlos Garaikoetxea Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza (born 2 June 1938) is a former politician from the Spanish Basque Country. He became the second elected ''Lehendakari'' (President of the Basque Autonomous Community), after José Antonio Aguirre, and held that offi ...

Lehendakari The President of the Basque Government (, ), usually known in the Basque language as the Lehendakari (, ), is the head of government of the Basque Autonomous Community. The lehendakari leads the executive branch of the regional government. T ...

, after the approval of the

Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country of 1979 (; ), widely known as the Statute of Gernika (; {{langx, es, Estatuto de Guernica), is the legal document organizing the political system of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country' ( ...

in 1979. It is a public healthcare service with a great number of facilities that take care of the needs of the Basque citizens. Its chief is the Secretary of Health of the Basque Government.

Main healthcare facilities

Araba

* Araba University Hospital * Leza Hospital * Araba Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Rioja Alavesa Rioja Alavesa (), officially Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa, in Spanish, and Biasteri-Arabako Errioxako kuadrilla, in Basque, is one of seven ''comarcas'' that make up the province of Álava, Spain. It covers an area of 315.83 km² with a po ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization * Araba Mental Health Network File:Vitoria - Hospital de Txagorritxu 01.jpg, University Hospital of Araba (Txagorritxu),

Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz (; ; also historically spelled Vittoria in English) is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country and of the provinces of Spain, province of Álava in northern Spain. I ...

Gipuzkoa

* Bidasoa Hospital * Bidasoa Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Debabarrena Debabarrena (English: ''Lower Deba'') is an '' eskualdea / comarca'' located in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Spain). It has an area of 180,3 km2. It is north from the comarca of Debagoiena, east from the province of Biscay, and south from the ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Debagoiena Debagoiena () is one of the seven eskualdeak/comarcas of Gipuzkoa, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southe ...

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Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Donostialdea Donostialdea is one of the eight regions of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community, corresponding to the basin of the lower Urumea River, along with a strip of basin corresponding to the Oria River. The region's name is derived from Donos ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization * Donostia University Hospital *

Eibar Eibar (, ) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Euskadi. It is the capital of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Debabarrena. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat, 2018). Its chief industry is ...

Hospital *

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

Mental Health Network * Goierri-Alto Urola Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Mendaro Mendaro may refer to: People Surname * Pedro Mendaro (1909–1964), Spanish footballer * Martín Mendaro (born 1973), former Uruguayan rugby union player Given name * Places * Mendaro, Spain, town and municipality located in the province o ...

Hospital * Tolosaldea Integrated Sanitary Organization * Zumarraga Hospital File:Donostia Ospitalea.jpg, University Hospital Donostia File:Hospital Comarcal del Bidasoa, Hondarribia.jpg, Hospital of the Bidasoa

Biscay

Barakaldo Barakaldo (; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Biscay province in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country in Spain. Located on the Left Bank (Biscay), Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao, the city is pa ...

Sestao Sestao is a town and municipality of 27,296 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. Se ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization * Barrualde-Galdakao Integrated Sanitary Organization * Bilbao-Basurto Integrated Sanitary Organization * University Hospital Basurto (

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

) * Santa Marina Hospital (Bilbao) * Cruces University Hospital (

) * San Eloy Hospital (Barakaldo) *

Biscay Biscay ( ; ; ), is a province of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the Bay of Biscay, eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilb ...

Mental Health Network * Ezkerraldea-Enkarterri-Cruces Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Galdakao Galdakao is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. It is located in the Greater Bilbao, in the valley of the Ibaizabal river, near the Ganguren mountain range. It is surrounded by some summits such a ...

-Usansolo Hospital *

Gernika Guernica (, ), officially Gernika () in Basque, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo ...

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Gorliz Gorliz () is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, which lies within the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in northern Spain. The town had 5,664 inhabitants in 2014. Gorliz consists of the following neighborhoods: ...

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Urduliz Urduliz () is a municipality located in northern Biscay, Spain. While connected to Greater Bilbao both by the Bilbao metro and BizkaiBus, the municipality is part of Mungialdea Mungialdea, also known as Uribe-Butroe,Uribe The Merindad de Uribe or Uribealdea is a historical subdivision of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. It contained most of the municipalities now within the comarca of Greater Bilbao in the Bilbao metropolitan area (other than the majority of the '' ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization File:Galdako06.jpg, Hospital of Galdakao-Usansolo (Biscay) File:Sanatorio Gorliz Astondo.jpg, Hospital of Gorliz (Biscay) File:Bermeo hospital.JPG, Mental Health Network of Biscay (Bermeo) (Biscay)

References

External links

Osakidetza website
{{Authority control Companies established in 1984 Health care in Spain Basque Government

Main healthcare facilities

Araba

Gipuzkoa

Biscay

See also

References

External links